Flexible model form



Oct. 6, 1936. l. RosEN'FELD FLEXIBLE MODEL FORM Filed Feb. 24, 193e .1fl@ TI j a.

lNvENToR Isidor Hosen/eid B Patented Oct. 6, 1936 UNITED STATESvPATENTOFFICE FLEXIBLE vMODEL-Form1 v kyIsidor Rosenfeld, New York, N. Y.Application February 24, 1936, Serial No. 65,182 svclaims. (c1. 22S- 68)My invention relates tomodel forms, Ythat is,

simulations of the human body used by cloth,

ing manufacturers in the fitting and modelling of garments.

Most model forms have a hard, unyielding, non-resilient and infiexiblesurface, which makes it a matter of some diiculty to properly mold andfit certain garments. It has been proposed to make model forms withinflatable air cushion coverings, but these too will not be practicalbecause their surfaces will go to the other extreme, and will be tooyielding for practical fitting and modelling purposes. It is, therefore,the main object of my invention to provide a model form which will beexible and yielding to the touch and rm and resistant enough to permitproper fitting and modelling.

A further object of my invention is to provide a model form of thecharacter described which has a relatively inflexible body portion witha plurality of layers of soft and resilient material.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which hasa relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers ofmaterial of different degrees of softness and resiliency.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which hasa relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers ofresilient material which are relatively movable to the body portion.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which hasa. relatively hard and unyielding body portion with a plurality oflayers of soft and resilient materials which are relatively movable tothe body portion and to each other.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a model form which hasa relatively inflexible body portion with a plurality of layers ofresilient material air cushioned from one another and to the bodyportion.

Other objects will in part be apparent, and in part be pointed outhereinbelow in connection with a description of an illustrativeembodiment. In the drawing annexed hereto and made a part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through on embodiment of a, model formconstructed according to and embodying my said invention; and

Fig. 2 is an exaggerated enlarged view of the portion Within the circleindicated on Fig. 1 by reference character 2.

Referring to- Fig. 1, model form I8 is formed and secured onconventional frame I2 which is with smooth rubberized coatings 32, 32.

mounted on a movable platform base I4. Body I6 of the form is of arelatively hard and inflexible material such as papier-mch, orcompressed cardboard, molded ror otherwise formed into the desired shapesize. Body I6 represents the base portion, the very foundation of myimproved model form.

Directly over body I6, I place a covering layer I8, of sheets of porousrubber. This layer I8 comprises a rather loose, granular and air filledinterior 28, and is provided on both sides thereof with smoothrubberized coatings 22, 22. If desired, layer I8 may be merely composedof sheets of the loose, porous and granular rubber with smoothed andevened surfaces. I form a number of perforations 24, extending throughthe thickness of layer I8, to make for greater compressibility thereof.

Layer I8 is secured to body I6 only at the upper portion thereof, bycementing, etc., as shown at 26, so that the major portion of layer I8is relatively movable with respect to body I6. If desired, layer I8 maybe entirely cemented, or otherwise immovably secured to body I6, but Ihave found the preferable construction to be one Where the coveringlayer is movable with respect to the body, as described.

A second layer 28, similarly of granular and porous rubber, is placedover layer I8. Layer 28, at the interior 30 thereof, also is porous, andthis inside material is covered on both sides If, as stated inconnection with layer I8, it is desired, layer 28 may consist merely ofthe granular material with smoothed and evened surfaces. This secondlayer, while somewhat similar to covering I8, differs therefrom to avery considerable degree in the character of the porous rubber cores.While both are of granular composition, layer 28 has much less air andsmaller air cells therein, has much more rubber material, and isconsequently much less soft and has much less resiliency, by which termI mean yieldability to pressure and Working.

The resulting arrangement of the superpositioning of layer 28 over layerI8 provides a relatively unyielding surface 28 over a very yieldableinterior I8 backed up by a hard and absolutely unyielding foundation I6,al1 more or less in simulation of the human body.

Such arrangement permits of easy working in connection with the fittingand modelling of garments, for Whenever necessary, a portion of the formcan be compressed within a desired 55 compass, or moved over a bit togain any desired effect.

The similarity to the human form is heightened by the fact that thelayers I8, 28, are relatively slidable, not only to each other but alsoto the body portion I6. Layer I8 is secured to body I6 at its upper end,at 26, and layer 28, over and on top of layer I8, is similarly securedonly at the top end, as at 34. The smooth rubberized coatings 22, 32will aid in allowing the two layers free play in sliding along oneanother and along body I6.

Over this` built-up structure, and to complete the form, I place acovering 36 of silk, cotton, canvas or other suitable material, and capthe top of the form by a head piece 38V which fits over the top and downthe sides thereof. At the bottom 40 of the form covering 36 is merelyfolded around and up along the inside of body portion I6. Due to thecharacter of covering 36, air will pass therethrough and up betweenlayers I8, 28, and body portion I6 to provide air spaces 42, 42 and thusgive an additional cushioning eiect between the layers and promote abetter sliding relationship therebetween.

It should be understood that air spaces 42, 42,

have no definite character as to size and shape and are created solelybecause layers I8, 28 and body portion I6 are not secured together,except at the upper ends thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A model form comprising a rigid body member substantially insimulation of the human form, and a plurality of layers of resilientmaterial thereon, said layers following the outline of the body memberand taking its shape, and being of different degrees of resiliency.

2. A model form comprising a rigid body member substantially insimulation of the human form, and a plurality of layers of resilientmaterial thereon, said layers being of substantially uniform thicknessand following the outline of the body member and taking its shape, saidlayers being slidable relative to each other.

3. A model form comprising a rm, inflexible body member substantially insimulation of the human form, a plurality of layers thereover ofresilient material, said layers having smooth surfaces and beingshiftable and slidable relative to each other and to the body member.

ISIDOR ROSENFELD.

